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Old Mar 27 2008, 7:35 PM
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Originally Posted by spherenine View Post
Stravinsky would disagree. But then again, he's also dead.
But then, Strawinski wasn't an engraver nor a publisher, now was he. If Strawinski had jumped off a bridge, would you go and do it too?

Why copy the bad habits of another composer when the good habits are there for you to learn?
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